Classical Communication Help and Probabilistic Teleportation with One-Dimensional Non-maximally Entangled Cluster States

We present an explicit protocol for probabilistic teleport an arbitrary and unknown two-qubit entangled state via a one-dimensional four-particle non-maximally entangled cluster state. By construction, our four-partite state is not reducible to a pair of Bell states. We show that teleportation can be successfully realized with a certain probability. This protocol indicate that the four-qubit state is a likely candidate for the genuine four-particle analogue to a Bell state.     

Quantum Sharing an Unknown Multi-Particle State via POVM

Our purpose in this paper is to present a new tripartite quantum state sharing using partially quantum resources. The first scheme is to probabilistically split an unknown n-particle state using pre-shared a partially entangled four-particle cluster state as quantum resource by constructing some proper POVM. This scheme is further extended to share an unknown multi-particle cluster state using different states as quantum resources. Our schemes with general quantum channels are useful for various quantum information processing and quantum network tasks.     

Teleportation of Three-Particle W State

We present two schemes for teleporting a three-particle W state by using four-particle state. We consider that the quantum channel is a maximally entangled state (four-particle cluster state) or a non-maximally entangled state. In our schemes, it is necessary to introduce additional particle and construct unitary transformation for realize perfect or probabilistic teleportation of the three-particle W state. In order to transmit target state successfully, Alice firstly performs two controlled-NOT on the initial state. The success probabilities of our two schemes are 1 and 4α ², respectively. Compared with other schemes proposed before, our scheme has higher efficiency.     

Two Schemes for Probabilistic Remote Preparation of a Four-Particle Entangled Cluster-Type State

Using partial entangled states as the quantum channel, two schemes for probabilistic remote preparation of the four-particle cluster-type state with real and complex coefficients are presented. In the first scheme, the sender and the receiver share two partial Bell states and one partial three-qubit GHZ stats as the quantum channel, and the sender can help a remote receiver to prepare a four-particle entangled cluster-type state by using three-qubit projective measurements with certain probability. In the second scheme, the quantum channel is composed of two partial three-qubit GHZ states, the remote state preparation （RSP） can be successfully realized via the positive operator valued measure （POVM）, and the two-particle projective measurements are also needed in this process. The total success probability and classical communication cost are calculated.     

Probabilistic Teleportation of a Four-Particle Entangled W State

In this paper, two schemes for teleporting an unknown four-particle entangled W state is proposed. In the first scheme, two partial entangled four-particle states are used as quantum channels, while in the second scheme, four non-maximally entangled particle pairs are considered as quantum channels. It is shown that the teleportation can be successfully realized with certain probability, for both schemes, if a receiver adopts some appropriate unitary transformations. It is also shown that the successful probabilities of these two schemes are different.     

Hierarchical and probabilistic quantum information splitting of an arbitrary two-qubit state via two cluster states

Based on non-maximally entangled four-particle cluster states, we propose a new hierarchical information splitting protocol to probabilistically realize the quantum state sharing of an arbitrary unknown two-qubit state. In this scheme, the sender transmits the two-qubit secret state to three agents who are divided into two grades with two Bell-state measurements,and broadcasts the measurement results via a classical channel. One agent is in the upper grade and two agents are in the lower grade. The agent in the upper grade only needs to cooperate with one of the other two agents to recover the secret state but both of the agents in the lower grade need help from all of the agents. Every agent who wants to recover the secret state needs to introduce two ancillary qubits and performs a positive operator-valued measurement(POVM) instead of the usual projective measurement. Moreover, due to the symmetry of the cluster state, we extend this protocol to multiparty agents.     

Quantum secure direct communication based on four-particle cluster state grouping

In this paper we present a quantum secure direct communication protocol based on four-particle cluster states. In our protocol both the sender and the receiver keep two particles of the cluster state, and we verify that our protocol can prevent the eavesdropper from intercepting valid messages. Meanwhile, we also analyze our protocol in a lossy channel under the attack of an eavesdropper. We show that both the communication efficiency and the qubit-utilization ratio are improved compared with other existing schemes.     

Probabilistic Controlled Teleportation of Two-Particle Entangled State via the Optimal Quantum State

Via a non-maximally entangled state as the optimal quantum channel, we discuss the probabilistic controlled teleportation of two-particle anti-correlation entangled state. We first defines four-particle special “anti-correlation GHZ state” as the quantum channel, then the sender and the controller do a series of measurements. According to their measurements, the receiver perform an appropriate unitary transformation and measurement on the auxiliary particle, then he can get the quantum state he wants. Moreover, We present the successful probability of the above controlled teleportation.     

通过cluster态实现两粒子纠缠态的量子几率隐形传态

提出通过一个四粒子cluster非最大纠缠态作为量子信道来实现一未知两粒子纠缠态的量子几率隐形传态方案。在此方案中,纠缠态可以实现一定的几率传输,此几率由cluster态中绝对值较小的两个系数决定。如果我们用cluster最大纠缠态作为量子信道,此时几率隐形传态就成了一般的隐形传态,即成功传输的几率为100%。     

Scheme for remotely preparing a four-particle entangled cluster-type state

A protocol for remotely preparing a four-particle entangled cluster-type state by a set of new four-particle orthogonal basis projective measurement. It is secure that the entangled four-particle cluster-type state can be successfully realized at Bob place. Moreover we have also investigated that quantum channel shared by Alice and Bob is composed of four non-maximally entangled states. It is shown that Bob can also reestablish the original state (to be prepared remotely) with certain probability by means of appropriate unitary transformation.     

Transformation of bipartite non-maximally entangled states into a tripartite W state in cavity QED

We present two schemes for transforming bipartite non-maximally entangled states into a W state in cavity QED system, by using highly detuned interactions and the resonant interactions between two-level atoms and a single-mode cavity field. A tri-atom W state can be generated by adjusting the interaction times between atoms and the cavity mode. These schemes demonstrate that two bipartite non-maximally entangled states can be merged into a maximally entangled W state. So the scheme can, in some sense, be regarded as an entanglement concentration process. The experimental feasibility of the schemes is also discussed.     

Quantum multicast schemes of different quantum states via non-maximally entangled channels with multiparty involvement

Due to the unavoidable interaction between the quantum channel and its ambient environment, it is difficult to generate and maintain the maximally entanglement. Thus, the research on multiparty information transmission via non-maximally entangled channels is of academic value and general application. Here, we utilize the non-maximally entangled channels to implement two multiparty remote state preparation schemes for transmitting different quantum information from one sender to two receivers synchronously. The first scheme is adopted to transmit two different four-qubit cluster-type entangled states to two receivers with a certain probability. In order to improve success probabilities of such multicast remote state preparation using non-maximally entangled channels, we put forward the second scheme, which deals with the situation that is a synchronous transfer of an arbitrary single-qubit state and an arbitrary two-qubit state from one sender to two receivers. In particular, its success probability can reach 100% in principle, and independent of the entanglement degree of the shared non-maximally entangled channel. Notably, in the second scheme, the auxiliary particle is not required.     

Probabilistic Teleportation of an Arbitrary Two-Particle State and Its Quantum Circuits

Two simple schemes for probabilistic teleportation of an arbitrary unknown two-particle state using a non-maximally entangled EPR pair and a non-maximally entangled GHZ state as quantum channels are proposed. After receiving Alice's Bell state measurement results, Bob performs a collective unitary transformation on his inherent particles without introducing the auxiliary qubit. The original state can be probabilistically teleported. Meanwhile, quantum circuits for realization of successful teleportation are also presented.     

Quantum cryptography using partially entangled states

We show that non-maximally entangled states can be used to build a quantum key distribution (QKD) scheme where the key is probabilistically teleported from Alice to Bob. This probabilistic aspect of the protocol ensures the security of the key without the need of non-orthogonal states to encode it, in contrast to other QKD schemes. Also, the security and key transmission rate of the present protocol is nearly equivalent to those of standard QKD schemes and these aspects can be controlled by properly harnessing the new free parameter in the present proposal, namely, the degree of partial entanglement. Furthermore, we discuss how to build a controlled QKD scheme, also based on partially entangled states, where a third party can decide whether or not Alice and Bob are allowed to share a key.     

Probabilistic Teleportation of Three-Atom State via Five-Atom Cluster State

A scheme for probabilistic teleportation of an unknown three-atom entangled state via a five-atom non-maximally entangled cluster state as quantum channel is proposed. In this scheme, the sender performs two Bell state and a single-atom measurements on the atoms, the receiver can reconstruct the original state with a certain probability by introducing an auxiliary atom and operating appropriate unitary transformations and controlled-not (C-not) operations according to the sender Alice's measurement results. As a result, the probability of successful teleportation is determined by the smallest two of the coefficients'absolute values of the cluster state. The considerable advantage of our scheme is that we employ a non-maximally entangled cluster state as quantum channel in the scheme, which can greatly reduce the amount of entanglement resources and need less classical bits. If we employ a maximally entangled cluster state as quantum channel, the probabilistic teleportation scheme becomes usual teleportation, the successful probability being 100%.     

二粒子纠缠态受控传递的最佳量子通道

本文研究了如何在二粒子纠缠态的量子受控传递中选择最佳量子通道的问题。分别利用四粒子GHZ态和四粒子特殊"反关联GHZ态"作为量子通道,本文提出了二粒子反关联纠缠态的量子受控传递的两个方案。通过对比两个方案下接受者最后采取的幺正操作的具体矩阵形式,分析了待传量子纠缠态与量子通道的关系,指出了四粒子GHZ态和四粒子特殊"反关联GHZ态"分别是二粒子正关联和反关联纠缠态各自隐形传递应该选择的最佳的量子通道。     

A probabilistic quantum communication protocol using mixed entangled channel

Qubits are realized as polarization state of photons or as superpositions of the spin states of electrons. In this paper we propose a scheme to probabilistically teleport an unknown arbitrary two-qubit state using a non-maximally entangled GHZ-like state and a non-maximally Bell state simultaneously as quantum channels. We also discuss the success probability of our scheme. We perform POVM in the protocol which is operationally advantageous. In our scheme we show that the non-maximal quantum resources perform better than maximal resources.     

Probabilistic Remote Preparation of a Four-Particle Entangled W State for the General Case and for All Kinds of the Special Cases

We present a protocol for probabilistic remote preparation of a four-particle entangled W state.The quantum channel is composed of two partial entangled four-particle cluster states.We calculate the total successful probability and total classical communication cost required for the general case and for all kinds of the special cases,respectively.It is shown that for two maximally entangled four-particle cluster states,such a scheme for the general case has the total successful probability of 25%and only consumes the total classical communication of 1 bit,while this scheme for the special cases under certain conditions can possess successful probability of 50%or 100%,the required classical communication will only be 2 bits or 4 bits.Meantime,we give in detail all unitary transformations for the general case and for all kinds of the special cases,respectively.     

Probabilistic Remote Preparation of a Four-Particle Entangled W State for the General Case and for All Kinds of the Special Cases

We present a protocol for probabilistic remote preparation of a four-particle entangled W state. The quantum channel is composed of two partial entangled four-particle cluster states. We calculate the total successful probability and total classical communication cost required for the general case and for all kinds of the special cases, respectively. It is shown that for two maximally entangled four-particle cluster states, such a scheme for the general case has the total successful probability of 25% and only consumes the total classical communication of 1 bit, while this scheme for the special cases under certain conditions can possess successful probability of 50% or 100%, the required classical communication will only be 2 bits or 4 bits. Meantime, we give in detail all unitary transformations for the general case and for all kinds of the special cases, respectively.     

Probabilistic Teleportation of Three-Qubit Entangled State via Five-qubit Cluster State

A scheme for probabilistic teleportation of an unknown three-qubit entangled state via a five-qubit non-maximally entangled cluster state as quantum channel is proposed. In this scheme, the sender performs two Bell state and a single-qubit measurements on the qubits, the receiver can reconstruct the original state with a certain probability by making appropriate unitary transformations and controlled-not (C-not) operations. As a result, the probability of successful teleportation is determined by the smallest two of the coefficients’ absolute values of the cluster state. The considerable advantage of our scheme is that we employ a non-maximally entangled cluster state as quantum channel in the scheme, which can greatly reduce the amount of entanglement resources and need less classical bits.